World|life|March 14, 2020 / 01:02 PM
Ukraine has first coronavirus death, shuts border to foreigners

AKIPRESS.COM - Ukraine has recorded its first coronavirus death and foreign nationals will be barred from entering the country for two weeks to contain the spread of the illness, officials said at a televised briefing on Friday.

A 71-year-old woman in the Zhytomyr region died, having recently returned from Poland. Ukraine has two other confirmed cases of the virus, the National Post reports.

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